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THE IVO PETERS COLLECTION – VOLUME 4 RAILWAY ARCHIVE: NORTH WALES NARROW GAUGE STEAM 1959-1960

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Sam Hewitt

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21st June 2019

THIS is the latest DVD from the Ivo Peters Railway Archive Collection. Volume 4 features North Wales Narrow Gauge Steam, recorded on high quality 16mm colour film, from nearly 60 years ago. Though the programme was originally released on VHS in 1988 the material has been totally re-mastered for DVD. And what a fascinating feast…
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A railway in BARBADOS AGAIN

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Sam Hewitt

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19th June 2019

The tiny independent nation of Barbados has an operating railway once more after a gap of more than 80 years. Keith Fender and Glen Beadon look at the Caribbean island’s troubled railway history and the development of the latest venture. BARBADOS’ first female Prime Minister, the Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, opened a rebuilt railway on the…
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Gertrude leaves Wales to join Leighton Buzzard fleet

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Sam Hewitt

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19th April 2019

The Andrew Barclay 0-6-0T Gertrude was relocated to Leighton Buzzard Railway in late-February.
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New locomotive destined for Groudle Glen Railway

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Sam Hewitt

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18th April 2019

A new 2ft-gauge Bagnall ‘Sipat’-design 0-4-0ST locomotive is set for Groudle Glen Railway after its unveiling last month.
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Restoration of former Barry Prairie continuing at Barry

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Sam Hewitt

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10th April 2019

The project originally began at Llangollen, but the loco moved with Mr Pearce when he relocated to South Wales.
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Final push for Llangollen Railway’s £10,000 appeal to fill the Corwen ‘gap’

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Sam Hewitt

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10th April 2019

THE Llangollen Railway’s appeal to raise £10,000 to help fund the infilling of the ‘Gap’ in the embankment at its new Corwen Central station site had reached the £7,800 mark by mid-March. Support has come from all over the country as promotion of the appeal has spread, helped by a BBC news item on the…
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Statfold Barn Railway opens new season

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Sam Hewitt

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30th March 2019

STATFOLD Barn Railway’s first enthusiasts’ open day of the new season on March 23 featured 15 locos in steam, 13 from the home fleet, plus War Office Locomotive Trust’s Hunslet 4-6-0T WDLR No. 303 (all 2ft gauge) and 18in-gauge Hunslet 0-4-0WT Jack (684/1898). The Goose railbus and 3ft-gauge Burton & Ashby tram also operated. The line also…
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Talyllyn property purchase – new opportunities for Pendre development?

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Sam Hewitt

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20th March 2019

THE Talyllyn Railway (TR) has bought two cottages in Frankwell Street, Tywyn. The £240,000 purchase includes land known as the ‘Orchard’, next to the railway’s Tywyn Pendre works site. The ‘Orchard’ site can be accessed by a narrow drive not part of the sale, and is bounded by houses and the railway. The land is…
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Noel’s steam loco lined up for Westonzoyland

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Sam Hewitt

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26th February 2019

THE 2ft-gauge line being developed at Westonzoyland pumping station will shortly have a resident steam loco. Noel Donnelly has donated the 0-4-0VBT, which he built (RM July 2018), to Westonzoyland Engine Trust. It will receive a boiler inspection and then be moved soon to Somerset from its current location at Purbeck Mineral & Mining Museum,…
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Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST Darent to have new boiler built

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Sam Hewitt

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8th February 2019

A new boiler barrel is being built for Hampton & Kempton Waterworks Railway’s (H&KWR) Darent.
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